Win Scutt
@archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social
Archaeologist and English Heritage Senior Properties Curator for sites in the west of England including Tintagel Castle, Wroxeter Roman City, Old Sarum, Uffington White Horse, Upper Plym Valley, Beeston Castle, Arthur's Stone etc. Own views.
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Win Scutt
@archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Episode 279 – Uncovering the prehistoric Uffington White Horse
Episode · The English Heritage Podcast · This week, we're in Oxfordshire to unravel the story of a landmark that has been here for around 3,000 years: the Uffington White Horse. As excavations of the ...
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We won the Antiquity Quiz!
December 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We won the Antiquity Quiz!
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Make sure you tune into BBC #Countryfile on Sunday 14th December to catch lichenologist, David Hill talk about the wonderful diversity of lichens that inhabit this pre-historic movement. More information here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #lichens Photo credit: David Hill
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Make sure you tune into BBC #Countryfile on Sunday 14th December to catch lichenologist, David Hill talk about the wonderful diversity of lichens that inhabit this pre-historic movement. More information here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #lichens Photo credit: David Hill
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Left: the couple dozen people who paid hundreds of dollars to attend a fake archaeology event
Right: the hundreds of people who paid a few dozen pounds to attend a science festival and hear a real archaeologist
Fake archaeology only seems popular online because its fans are loud trolls
Right: the hundreds of people who paid a few dozen pounds to attend a science festival and hear a real archaeologist
Fake archaeology only seems popular online because its fans are loud trolls
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Left: the couple dozen people who paid hundreds of dollars to attend a fake archaeology event
Right: the hundreds of people who paid a few dozen pounds to attend a science festival and hear a real archaeologist
Fake archaeology only seems popular online because its fans are loud trolls
Right: the hundreds of people who paid a few dozen pounds to attend a science festival and hear a real archaeologist
Fake archaeology only seems popular online because its fans are loud trolls
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Who can guess what and where this is?
August 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Who can guess what and where this is?
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I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.
April 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.
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Prof Barry Cunliffe has just given his tribute to the late Prof Tim Darvill, a great archaeologist and my dear friend. Now Ron Hutton does the same. At the Society of Antiquaries of London.
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Prof Barry Cunliffe has just given his tribute to the late Prof Tim Darvill, a great archaeologist and my dear friend. Now Ron Hutton does the same. At the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Historic England's geospatial team's robot survey 'dog' paces Fort Brockhurst
November 20, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Historic England's geospatial team's robot survey 'dog' paces Fort Brockhurst
More detail on the discoveries at Wroxeter Roman City www.english-heritage.org.uk/wroxeter-exc...
Archaeological Excavation at Wroxeter
In 2024, an archaeological excavation took place in a previously unexplored part of Wroxeter Roman City, or Viroconium Cornoviorum – one of the largest cities in Roman Britain. New discoveries includ...
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August 13, 2024 at 11:50 AM
More detail on the discoveries at Wroxeter Roman City www.english-heritage.org.uk/wroxeter-exc...
Breaking News. Fine mosaic uncovered in Roman city of Viroconium, Shropshire, England #archaeology #Roman #mosaic www.english-heritage.org.uk/wroxeter-exc...
August 12, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Breaking News. Fine mosaic uncovered in Roman city of Viroconium, Shropshire, England #archaeology #Roman #mosaic www.english-heritage.org.uk/wroxeter-exc...
In the latest podcast on the English Heritage Uffington White Horse. David Miles and I talk about the history of the horse, the recent work to restore its profile, and the dating.
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August 9, 2024 at 12:35 PM
In the latest podcast on the English Heritage Uffington White Horse. David Miles and I talk about the history of the horse, the recent work to restore its profile, and the dating.
megaphone.link/EHE9742327131
megaphone.link/EHE9742327131